Strong, Eugénie: Catalogue of the Greek & Roman antiques in the possession of the right honourable Lord Melchett at Melchet Court and 35 Lowndes Square (Oxford [u.a.], 1928)

8 TORSO OF BOY

H. 485 m.

Unrestored; tooled surface and drill-hole on section
of neck; tooled surface on section of right leg which
has in it a square hole 03 m., showing that restora-

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tions have been removed. Square hole ( 02 m. square)
in small of back (plaster-filled). Traces of puntello
on outside of right thigh.
Parian marble with grey patches at the back.

The curls visible on the neck at the back show from their movement that the head was
turned to the right and inclined downwards. The movement of the arms is uncertain, but
the left arm must have been drawn back. The forms are very smooth, as in extreme youth;
the back is excellently modelled, but the torso is difficult to place stylistically. It is pro-
bably a fourth-century version of a Polykleitan type.
From the Henriette Hertz Collection at Rome.

9 TORSO OF BOY

H. 41m.

Restored (in plaster): two small patches beneath
right armpit and others near right hip (puntello?),
above left buttock and on outside of left arm. Sur-
faces of section of neck, left leg, and right arm are

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roughly tooled, not broken, and there is a central
drill-hole in the section of the neck and of both arms.
Possibly the head and arms were made separately.
Luna marble.

The body in this case again is that of an adolescent. The weight was on the left foot and

on this side also was a support, now missing, upon which the figure was leaning. The

action of the right arm is uncertain. The silhouette recalls Praxitelean models.

An indifferent copy after a fourth-century original.

Formerly in the Hope Collection (Michaelis: Deepdene, p. 286, No. 17).

Acquired at the Hope sale in 1917.

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